2024-02-16 04:59:21
César Suárez was intercepted aboard his vehicle, which received at least nine gunshot wounds.
Unknown persons murdered prosecutor César Suárez, in charge of investigations against organized crime and who was investigating the assault with hostages of a TV channel in Guayaquil.
The official of the Prosecutor’s Office of Ecuador He was intercepted while traveling in his vehicle, which was shot at least nine times, which caused his death.
Given this episode, Diana Salazar, the attorney general of Ecuador, reiterated the organization’s fight against organized crime and antisocial gangs that plague the country.
“In light of the murder of our colleague César Suárez, prosecutor of the National Unit Specialized in Investigations against Transnational Organized Crime in Guayas, I’m going to be emphatic. Organized crime groups, criminals, terrorists will not stop our commitment to Ecuadorian society, we will continue with more strength and commitment,” Salazar declared.
Along with this, he called on Ecuador’s security forces to protect the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and prevent these types of acts from being repeated.
Regarding the murder of the prosecutor who was investigating the assault on the TC channel in Guayaquil, the attorney general explained that “we are carrying out the first steps at the scene, with the aim of guaranteeing, as in every case of violent deaths, that this crime does not remain in impunity.”